Litsea hupehana Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Lauraceae > Litsea

Characteristics

Evergreen trees or small trees, up to 10 m tall, ca. 20 cm d.b.h. Young branchlets gray pubescent and becoming glabrous. Leaves alternate; petiole 10-18 mm; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate to elliptic, 10-13 × 2-3.5 cm, glaucous and along midrib gray-white villous abaxially, midrib near base pubescent adaxially, pinninerved, lateral veins 10-19 pairs, prominent on both surfaces, base rotund or cuneate, apex acuminate or acute. Umbels solitary or in cluster of 2, axillary, male umbel 4-or 5-flowered; peduncle ca. 2 mm, sericeous-pubescent. Pedicel 3-4 mm, gray sericeous-pubescent. Perianth segments 6, ovate. Male flowers: fertile stamens 9; filaments gray villous, of 3rd whorls each with 2 sessile peltate glands at base. Fruit subglobose, 7-8 mm in diam., seated on flat perianth tube; perianth segments persistent, straight and regular; fruiting pedicel 3-4 mm, stout. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. May-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.5
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Flower color
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Broad-leaved forests on mountain slopes; at elevations from 800-1,400 metres.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Litsea hupehana world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Litsea hupehana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:465741-1
WFO ID wfo-0001070296
COL ID 3VN68
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Litsea hupehana